Christian Standard Bible
Micah 3:4
4Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time because of the crimes they have committed.
Micah 3:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
- New International Version (NIV)Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. At that time he will hide his face from them because of the evil they have done.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then they will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then they will cry to the Lord, But He will not hear them; He will even hide His face from them at that time, Because they have been evil in their deeds.
Context of Micah 3:4
2You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones. 3You eat the flesh of my people after you strip their skin from them and break their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.” Then they will cry out to the Lord, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time because of the crimes they have committed. 5This is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who proclaim peace when they have food to sink their teeth into but declare war against the one who puts nothing in their mouths. 6Therefore, it will be night for you — without visions; it will grow dark for you — without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
Read all of Micah 3Micah 3:4 word by word
אָ֚ז יִזְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א יַעֲנֶ֖ה אוֹתָ֑ם וְיַסְתֵּ֨ר פָּנָ֤יו מֵהֶם֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵרֵ֖עוּ מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Then shall they cryזָעַקzâ‛aq · to cry outH2199
- unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- but he will not hearעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
- them: he will even hideסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
- his faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- from them at that timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
- as they have behaved themselves illרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
- in their doingsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611
Cross-references for Micah 3:4
- Micah 2:3Therefore, the Lord says: I am now planning a disaster against this nation; you cannot free your necks from it. Then you will not walk so proudly because it will be an evil time.
- Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?
- Psalms 18:41They cry for help, but there is no one to save them — they cry to the Lord, but he does not answer them.
- Proverbs 1:28Then they will call me, but I won’t answer; they will search for me, but won’t find me.
- Proverbs 28:9Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law — even his prayer is detestable.
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will refuse to look at you; even if you offer countless prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Jeremiah 2:27say to a tree, “You are my father,” and to a stone, “You gave birth to me.” For they have turned their back to me and not their face, yet in their time of disaster they beg, “Rise up and save us!”
- Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not show pity or spare them. Though they call loudly in my hearing, I will not listen to them.”
- Zechariah 7:13Just as he had called, and they would not listen, so when they called, I would not listen, says the Lord of Armies.
- Matthew 7:22On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, drive out demons in your name, and do many miracles in your name?’
- Luke 13:25once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us! ’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’
- John 9:31We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does his will, he listens to him.
- James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- Deuteronomy 31:17My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide my face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, ‘Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us?’
- Deuteronomy 32:19When the Lord saw this, he despised them, angered by his sons and daughters.
- Isaiah 59:1Indeed, the Lord’s arm is not too weak to save, and his ear is not too deaf to hear.
Commentaries on Micah 3:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Then shall they cry - When calamity comes upon these oppressors, they shall cry for deliverance: but they shall not be heard; because, in their unjust exactions upon the people, they went on ruthlessly, and would not hear the cry of the oppressed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Then shall they cry unto the Lord - “Then.” The prophet looks on to the Day of the Lord, which is always before his mind. So the Psalmist, speaking of a time or place not expressed, says, “There were they in great fear” Psalm 53:5. He sees it, points to it, as seeing what those to whom he spoke, saw not, and the more awfully, because he saw, with superhuman (certain) vision, what was “hidden from their eyes.” The then was not then, “in the time of grace,”…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Then: Even after oppressing the Lord's people, the leaders selfishly asked the Lord for help.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Then--at the time of judgment, which Micah takes for granted, so certain is it (compare Mi 2:3). they cry ... but he will not hear--just as those oppressed by them had formerly cried, and they would not hear. Their prayer shall be rejected, because it is the mere cry of nature for deliverance from pain, not that of repentance for deliverance from sin. ill in their doings--Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Micah 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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